27-04-2010, 11:04
from my library (vinyl)
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Kind of weak as far as calling this a hits album. Only 3 songs on this collection that I remember as hits for her. Others were hits for someone else maybe, most notable being What The World Needs Now Is Love, which was a huge hit for Jackie Deshannon. Dionne was offered that song initially and turned it down. She later recorded it, but it was a never a single for her. Two of those three songs are classics in my book and some other decent tracks make this a good album. Only 2 bombs, and the version of Unchained Melody is terrible. Ten of these twelve tracks are David/Bacharach compositions, making this more of a hits album of theirs. I do not own Part 1, which probably contains more actual hits of Dionnes. This one made it to #28 on the U.S. charts. I believe the biggest hit was I Say A Little Prayer For You, which reached #4.
I LIKE THIS ALBUM
Worst Track - Unchained Melody
Best Track - Do You Know The Way To San Jose
Do you know the way to San Jose?
I've been away so long. I may go wrong and lose my way.
Do you know the way to San Jose?
I'm going back to find some peace of mind in San Jose.
L.A. is a great big freeway.
Put a hundred down and buy a car.
In a week, maybe two, they'll make you a star
Weeks turn into years. How quck they pass
And all the stars that never were
Are parking cars and pumping gas
Do you know the way to San Jose?
They've got a lot of space. There'll be a place where I can stay
I was born and raised in San Jose
I'm going back to find some peace of mind in San Jose.
Fame and fortune is a magnet.
It can pull you far away from home
With a dream in your heart you're never alone.
Dreams turn into dust and blow away
And there you are without a friend
You pack your car and ride away
I've got lots of friends in San Jose
Do you know the way to San Jose?
Can't wait to get back to San Jose.
1) What The World Needs Now Is Love - ** - audio
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjxOEdVPCbU
2) Message To Michael - ** - live
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4vgGg4vAxE
3) Are You There With Another Girl - * - audio
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=px1uAOSZz9g
4) I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself - **
5) Do You Know The Way To San Jose - *** - audio
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZuOgEptHcU
6) I Say A Little Prayer For You - *** - audio
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLCRUWCETK4
7) Who Can I Turn To - **
8) Unchained Melody - *
9) Forever My Love - **
10) Trains and Boats and Planes - ** - audio
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzZnQ7hX8cM
11) In Between Heartaches - ** - audio
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkxETyUfWBM
12) Windows Of The World - ** - audio
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjNNijd4t0Q
Rating - 2.0
![[Image: 31ShMCrzCEL._SL500_AA300_.jpg]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31ShMCrzCEL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
Kind of weak as far as calling this a hits album. Only 3 songs on this collection that I remember as hits for her. Others were hits for someone else maybe, most notable being What The World Needs Now Is Love, which was a huge hit for Jackie Deshannon. Dionne was offered that song initially and turned it down. She later recorded it, but it was a never a single for her. Two of those three songs are classics in my book and some other decent tracks make this a good album. Only 2 bombs, and the version of Unchained Melody is terrible. Ten of these twelve tracks are David/Bacharach compositions, making this more of a hits album of theirs. I do not own Part 1, which probably contains more actual hits of Dionnes. This one made it to #28 on the U.S. charts. I believe the biggest hit was I Say A Little Prayer For You, which reached #4.
I LIKE THIS ALBUM
Worst Track - Unchained Melody
Best Track - Do You Know The Way To San Jose
Do you know the way to San Jose?
I've been away so long. I may go wrong and lose my way.
Do you know the way to San Jose?
I'm going back to find some peace of mind in San Jose.
L.A. is a great big freeway.
Put a hundred down and buy a car.
In a week, maybe two, they'll make you a star
Weeks turn into years. How quck they pass
And all the stars that never were
Are parking cars and pumping gas
Do you know the way to San Jose?
They've got a lot of space. There'll be a place where I can stay
I was born and raised in San Jose
I'm going back to find some peace of mind in San Jose.
Fame and fortune is a magnet.
It can pull you far away from home
With a dream in your heart you're never alone.
Dreams turn into dust and blow away
And there you are without a friend
You pack your car and ride away
I've got lots of friends in San Jose
Do you know the way to San Jose?
Can't wait to get back to San Jose.
1) What The World Needs Now Is Love - ** - audio
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjxOEdVPCbU
2) Message To Michael - ** - live
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4vgGg4vAxE
3) Are You There With Another Girl - * - audio
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=px1uAOSZz9g
4) I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself - **
5) Do You Know The Way To San Jose - *** - audio
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZuOgEptHcU
6) I Say A Little Prayer For You - *** - audio
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLCRUWCETK4
7) Who Can I Turn To - **
8) Unchained Melody - *
9) Forever My Love - **
10) Trains and Boats and Planes - ** - audio
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzZnQ7hX8cM
11) In Between Heartaches - ** - audio
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkxETyUfWBM
12) Windows Of The World - ** - audio
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjNNijd4t0Q
Rating - 2.0